zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

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Jersey Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A corruption of Dutch seringenboom.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈrɛŋ.ɡə.boːm/, [zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈɹɛŋ.ɡə.boʊm]

Noun[edit]

zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

  1. A lilac bush.

References[edit]

  • J. Dyneley Prince (1910) “The Jersey Dutch dialect”, in Dialect Notes‎[1], volume 3, The American Dialect Society, pages 459–484
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